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The craziest thing about the new war on Iran is they don't even have any clear-cut, manufactured justification for it to give the media. They didn't even bother. (lemmygrad.ml)
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'Why is the US bombing Iran?' has got to be one of the most searched prompts on google these past few days. And the closest thing to a current answer you will find is "We attacked them because they were going to have nukes and then use them on us, it's self-defense." - There is a lack of evidence for this claim btw.

That is like as if you invade someone's home, shoot and kill them and your defense in court for it is, "Your honour, I had to do it because I had suspicions they were going to adopt a guard dog and then use that guard dog to attack me while I was walking down the street!"

Blatant, mask-off imperialism. How anyone can continue to view America and Israel on the right side of history baffles me.

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[โ€“] DisabledAceSocialist@hexbear.net 1 points 4 hours ago (1 children)

*We attacked them because they were going to have nukes and then use them on us, it's self-defense." - There is a lack of evidence for this claim btw.

That is like as if you invade someone's home, shoot and kill them and your defense in court for it is, "Your honour, I had to do it because I had suspicions they were going to adopt a guard dog and then use that guard dog to attack me while I was walking down the street!"*

This reminds me of when Varg Vikernes was convicted of killing Euronymous. He literally turned up at Euronymous' flat, chased him with a knife and stabbed him 23 times. His defence was "Someone told me he was going to kidnap me, and torture me to death, so it was self defence!"

[โ€“] PunkMonk@lemmygrad.ml 2 points 3 hours ago* (last edited 3 hours ago)

Well, never heard of this and that just sent me down a bit of a wikipedia rabbit hole lol. It's an even more fitting simile to what is going in with US-Israel and Iran considering that this Varg guy is a far-right lunatic with weird religious beliefs.